php man page for fputcsv

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fputcsv - Format line as CSV and write to file pointer

SYNOPSIS
       int fputcsv (resource  $handle, array  $fields, [string	$delimiter = ","], [string  $enclosure = '"'], [string	$escape_char = "

DESCRIPTION
       fputcsv(3) formats a line (passed as a $fields array) as CSV and write it (terminated by a newline) to the specified file $handle.

PARAMETERS
	      o $handle
		-The  file  pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen(3) or fsockopen(3) (and not yet closed by
		fclose(3)).

	      o $fields
		- An array of values.

	      o $delimiter
		- The optional $delimiter parameter sets the field delimiter (one character only).

	      o $enclosure
		- The optional $enclosure parameter sets the field enclosure (one character only).

	      o $escape_char
		- The optional $escape_char parameter sets the escape character (one character only).

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the length of the written string or FALSE on failure.

CHANGELOG
       +--------+---------------------------------------+
       |Version |					|
       |	|					|
       |	|	       Description		|
       |	|					|
       +--------+---------------------------------------+
       | 5.5.4	|					|
       |	|					|
       |	|  The $escape_char parameter was added |
       |	|					|
       +--------+---------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      fputcsv(3) example

	      <?php

	      $list = array (
		  array('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'dddd'),
		  array('123', '456', '789'),
		  array('"aaa"', '"bbb"')
	      );

	      $fp = fopen('file.csv', 'w');

	      foreach ($list as $fields) {
		  fputcsv($fp, $fields);
	      }

	      fclose($fp);
	      ?>

	      The above example will write the following to file.csv:

	      aaa,bbb,ccc,dddd
	      123,456,789
	      """aaa""","""bbb"""

NOTES
       Note

	      If PHP is not properly recognizing the line endings when reading files either on or created by a Macintosh  computer,  enabling  the
	      auto_detect_line_endings run-time configuration option may help resolve the problem.

SEE ALSO
       fgetcsv(3).

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